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Re: WFT's Off-Season Thread
When you look at the moves made since draft, have to up our overall offseason grade to B+. Can't give A with no attempt to address QB long term, which is again inexcusable, but when you look at Reyes, Patterson, McCain, Leno, trying to bring in CFL guys, trying to dump Moses, etc., you have to up the grade a bit. Our FO is aggressively trying to improve via EVERY avenue available, even at positions where conventional wisdoms says stand pat. Dumping Moses is emphatically the smart long term decision. I'm not one of the Homers who thinks we are a SB contender, but we are a much improved team, give FO credit.
Players added:
DRAFT
LB - Davis
OT - Cosmi
CB - Juste
WR - Brown
TE - Bates
S - Forrest
LS - Cheeseman
DE - King
DE - Toney
WR - Milne
10 guys, though we did mortgage future
UDFA
RB - Patterson
TE - Reyes (put him as UDFA as this seems most logical designation)
2 guys, 2 free late round picks essentially
FA
QB - Fitzaverage
CB - Jackson
WR - Samuel
LT - Leno
CB - Roberts
RB - Miller
WR - Humphries
OLB - Norris
OT - Sharpe
C - Larsen
CB - Johnson
ILB - Mayo
WR - Carter
TE - Yelder
S - Stephens
S/CB McCain
16 FAs. That is a lot, but only two, Jackson Samuel, longer than 1 year. In English, the backend of roster still remains extremely unsettled. No way we ever consistently get comp picks signing 12+ FAs per year. You'll know our roster is closer to complete when this trend of gaggles of FAs on 1-year deals ends. All these guys won't make roster, but say 10 do. That is 22 new players if every rookie makes team (which improbable). Even 20 players is over 33% turnover. That is aggressive improvement.
ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION
CB - Darby
LB - Pierre Louis
DE - Kerrigan
TE - Sprinkle
CB - Moreau
OLB - Anderson
WR - Foster
Every one of these moves was emphatically right choice, from replacing declining Kerrigan with young promising picks, to not paying Darby, to letting positionless Anderson go, etc.
Hopefully add one more to list:
RT - Moses
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